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Show THOMAS A. EDISON IS AND OGDEN VISITOR FOR SHORT TIME Thomas A. Edison, the Inventor was m ugaen lor a short time yesterday, yes-terday, accompanied by W. G. Bee, vice president of tho Edison Storage Battery company of Orango. N. J. The electrical wizard is en route to San Francisco to attend the Edison Day coremonles at the Panama-Paoific exposition ex-position and is traveling with Mr. Bee in his private car, "Superb." While hore the distinguished visits or took a walk up Twenty-fifth street to Washington avenue and was recognized rec-ognized by many people on the street owing to the wide publicity given his likoneBS. incidental with that of his numerous inventions. He was much Interested in the city and its surrounding sur-rounding city, saying in tho course of a brief Interview: "This section around here appears to bo the best I have seen In some time." In a further conversation, he said: "I have expressed my views tn newspaper men so often that it hardly hard-ly seems necessary to sav more. As I havo said I think it advisable to be prepared to manufacture about twice as 'much explosives as are being be-ing used in Europe. PHo up largo quantities of lead, copper and other metals needed in munitions manufacturing. manufac-turing. This metal will keep. Have the explosives plants fitted for operating oper-ating but it Is not necessary to manufacture the material until It Is needed and it will not cost a great fortune to have the plants kept in readiness for operations should the United States need war supplies." The inventor's car was attached to Southern Pacific train No. 9 and the party left for San Francisco at 4:30 o'clock. oo |
